Journalist

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term, Full-Time until March 2027

DEPARTMENT: BBC Wales News

LOCATION: Wales, hybrid

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,600 – 37,050 per annum depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Welsh language skills aren't essential for this role / Nid yw sgiliau'r Iaith Gymraeg yn hanfodol ar gyfer y swydd hon

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Join BBC Wales News as a Digital Journalist, helping us grow a distinctive, audience-first digital offer. You’ll originate and produce compelling stories across a broad range of topics, shaping content around audience needs and behaviours. Working across the News site, app and social, you’ll deliver clear, engaging journalism that reaches and resonates with audiences across Wales and beyond.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is a chance to work at the heart of a fast-moving digital newsroom with real scope to shape what we do. You’ll collaborate with experienced journalists and specialists, experiment with formats, and see your original ideas travel. Your work will directly influence how we serve audiences across Wales and beyond — helping us build a more relevant, inclusive and engaging digital news service for a variety of audiences on and off platform.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Pitch, produce and deliver original digital stories across a broad range of topics, driven by audience motivations and news value.
• Write and package content for maximum impact, including headlines, visuals, explainers and formats suited to site and social.
• Use audience insight and data to inform story selection, presentation and follow-ups.
• Plan, produce and publish to tight deadlines, working closely with editors to maximise reach and engagement.
• Adapt content for different platforms and audiences, ensuring clarity, accuracy and relevance.
• Collaborate with colleagues across teams to identify opportunities and share best practice.

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Recent experience producing high-quality digital journalism with strong editorial judgement, accuracy and news sense.
• Demonstrable ability to originate engaging story ideas and deliver them effectively for online audiences.
• Strong writing, headline and structuring skills, with the ability to tailor content for different platforms.
• Experience using core digital tools and workflows, including publishing systems and multimedia production.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure, managing multiple priorities to deadline within a collaborative team.

Desirable

• Experience using audience data to inform commissioning and evaluate performance.
• Ability to produce content in a range of formats, including video, live pages or visual explainers.
• Familiarity with BBC systems and workflows (e.g. Optimo, Chartbeat).
• Knowledge of Welsh audiences, communities or key issues.
• Experience of working on quality Social and Digital Video content.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

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Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.